With a little planning, you can have the best summer ever combining great camping with some iconic summer events set for Summer 2025! Here are a few to consider:
Alien lovers will want to note that the hugely popular McMenamins UFO Festival, in McMinnville, Oregon is scheduled for May 16-17 and promises out of the world fun with events like live music, a parade, and several expert speakers set to discuss aliens among us! Thousand Trails Pacific City is less than 60 miles from McMinnville.
The California State Fair is set for July 11-27 in Sacramento. Book a stay at Thousand Trails Lake Minden to enjoy all the events that include live entertainment, livestock shows, carnival rides and more. For details, visit calexpostatefair.com. For a county fair affair, consider a stay at Thousand Trails Pine Country and take in Illinois’ Boone County State Fair which will run August 5-10. Another county fair to consider is the Saratoga County Fair in New York (book a stay at any of our Lake George campgrounds) which has been hosting a county fair since 1841. Fair-goers can expect live music, a beauty pageant and of course livestock exhibitions.
Thrill riders and theme park lovers will want to take note and check out some of the new attractions opening at some of America’s favorite theme parks this summer. California’s Disneyland is set to open the Avengers Campus and the Millenium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run attractions while Walt Disney World will unveil a new Indiana Jones attraction and a new nighttime parade, Disney Starlight. Campgrounds to make your home base include Thousand Trails Wilderness Lakes for Disneyland and Thousand Trails Orlando or Encore Tropical Palms for Florida theme parks. Six Flags Over Texas will open their new water park, Splash Island, as part of their Hurricane Harbor attraction. Book a stay at Thousand Trails Lake Whitney, which is about an hour’s drive away. Kings Island, near our Thousand Trails Wilmington campground, will open RiverRacers, a dual-racing water coaster this summer.
Running through July 9, visitors to Busch Gardens Williamsburg can experience the Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival which runs every Thursday through Sunday and features internationally- themed food and beverages locations through the Park with specialty menus. Book a stay at our Thousand Trails Williamsburg campground to get in on the tasty fun.
If you can’t make it to Europe this summer, just park yourselves at our Madison-area campgrounds (Blackhawk Camping Resort and Lakeland RV Campground) to enjoy several internationally-themed festivals going on in Wisconsin this summer. Madison Irish Fest is May 17-19; Norwegian culture is the main theme of the Syttende Mai Norwegian Heritage Festival also scheduled for May 17-19; and the Heidi Folk Festival in New Glarus, scheduled for June 8 is all about Switzerland.
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